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Vivian Campbell is not letting cancer slow him down along the Def Leppard tour this summer. The famed guitarist announced Monday that he has Hodgkin's lymphoma and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments.

"I feel fortunate that my cancer sent me an alarm in the form of 'the cough that wouldn't quit,'" Campbell said in a statement.

Despite the disease and having four more months of chemotherapy ahead of him, 50-year-old Campbell said that he would be hitting the road with Def Leppard during a tour that will kick off on June 21, according to the Associated Press.

The brief tour will start with a show at the Hellfest music festival in France before wrapping up in Canandaigua, New York on July 17.

Campbell has been a member of Def Leppard since 1992 along with Rick Savage, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen and Phil Collen as the band's longest-standing line-up.

The iconic British heavy metal band are well known for their hit songs "Love Bites," "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Hysteria," and "Women," among countless others. The band is among the world's best-selling music artists and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.